G-Technology G-Drive ev, Product Manual

Page 1: ...USB 3 0 external hard drives for use inside Evolution Series compatible docks and cases or as stand alone storage devices Product Manual ...

Page 2: ...eries Introduction 7 What s in the Box 8 System Requirements 8 Overview of the Drive 9 Easy Installation for Mac 9 Disconnect the Drive 10 Using Your Drives on Mac Use with Time Machine 12 Initialize Drive for Mac 14 Restore the Drive Icon 17 Reformat with Partitions 19 Using Your Drives on Windows Windows Use 24 Cross Platform Use 25 Support Warranty 28 Technical Support 29 Limited Warranty 30 Co...

Page 3: ...Safety General Use Safety Precautions p 4 Backup Your Data p 5 ...

Page 4: ...rom moisture or liquids To reduce the risk of damage do not expose this drive to rain or moisture Do not use it in damp or wet conditions Never place objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings Ventilation Place the device in a vented area The drive should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat source Temperature Do not expose this drive to temperatures out...

Page 5: ... G Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a G Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user Make two backups To help prevent the loss of your data we highly recommend that you keep TWO copies of your data in separate storage locations Keep one copy on your G Technology drive Keep a second copy on your ...

Page 6: ... Introduction p 7 What s in the Box p 8 System Requirements p 8 Overview of the Drive p 9 Easy Installation for Mac p 9 Disconnect the Drive p 10 ...

Page 7: ...lution series drives come pre formatted for plug and play setup on Mac OS with Time Machine compatibility You can also use the drive on a Windows computer or work cross platform See how here Up to 136MB s transfer rates Put greater speed and flexibility into your creative workflow with transfer rates up to 220MB s Lightweight and shock resistant external hard drive with transfer rates up to 136 MB...

Page 8: ...ar limited warranty If any items are missing please contact G Technology at g technology com support System Requirements G DRIVE ev supports the following Operating Systems The drive is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems and formatted as HFS with Journaling Mac Mac OS 10 7 and an available USB 3 0 Windows Windows 8 7 and Vista via reformat and an available USB 3 0 See how to configu...

Page 9: ...y Installation for Mac G DRIVE ev easily attaches to your computer via a USB cable Simply plug the small end of the cable into the drive and the large end of the cable into a free USB connector on your computer The drive will automatically mount on the desktop if you are running Mac OS For Mac OS 10 7 and above You must have the external drive box selected within the Finder Preferences window in o...

Page 10: ...nting the drive from your computer 1 Before powering down and disconnecting the drive unmount the system by simply dragging the G DRIVE ev icon to the trash located in the dock Keyboard shortcut Select the drive icon and hit Command E 2 It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer present on your desktop Helpful links To use G DRIVE ev on Windows go to Windows U...

Page 11: ...Using Your Drive on Mac Use with Time Machine p 12 Initialize Drive for Mac p 14 Restore the Drive Icon p 17 Reformat with Partitions p 19 ...

Page 12: ...ly set up G DRIVE ev with Time Machine 1 When you attach G DRIVE ev for the first time the Time Machine dialog box should automatically appear Click the Use as Backup Disk button If you have already configured Apple Time Machine go to step 2 2 If the Time Machine dialog box did not launch go to the Apple Menu System Preferences Click on the Time Machine icon The Time Machine Preference panel will ...

Page 13: ...he Use for Backup button 4 Make sure the Time Machine switch is set to ON You can set its options by clicking the Options button Do this to choose volumes folders or files you do NOT want to backup G DRIVE ev will now back up your important files automatically with Time Machine It s that easy ...

Page 14: ...is application is located on your local hard drive under Applications Utilities Disk Utility The window below will appear Your G DRIVE ev will be displayed in the left hand column 2 Select the G DRIVE ev by clicking its drive icon in the left side column Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window 3 Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options By default the Fo...

Page 15: ...Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of the OS Mac OS Extended Use this format for best performance and media storage To select click the Format pop up and its option to Mac OS Extended 5 Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G DRIVE ev partition ...

Page 16: ...ou should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box Click the Use as Backup Disk button if you want to use the drive with Time Machine For more info using the drive with Time Machine go here Click the Don t Use or Decide Later button if you do not want to use Time Machine at this point 8 Quit the Disk Utility program After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for G DRIVE ev has been erased...

Page 17: ...appearance on the computer desktop look nicer and more accurate 1 To get the G Technology Icon package go to g technology com support and navigate to your product There will be a link to download the icons 2 Once downloaded it should automatically open the G Technology Icons folder as shown below If not double click the Zip file to open Next double click the DMG file to open the G Technology Icons...

Page 18: ... its Get Info window below left 5 Select the default icon in the Get Info window below left 6 Press Command V to paste the custom G DRIVE ev icon into the Get Info window below right The icon for your G DRIVE ev has been restored and you can close the Get Info window Your drive is now fully ready for use ...

Page 19: ...rent purposes For instance segment user data from backupdata setupamulti bootenvironmentwithdifferentOperatingSystemsorcreate a dedicated capture scratch disk for programs like Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your drive In this example we will partition a 1TB G DRIVE ev connected via USB The steps will be identical for...

Page 20: ...on not the G Technology drive icon by clicking it in the left side column 3 Click on the Partition button in the main window 4 Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu Below we have selected 2 Partitions to create two partitions ...

Page 21: ...commended to use Mac OS Extended or Mac OS Extended Journaled For info about formats go here In the Size field type in a size for the partition Alternately you can drag the bar in between each partition to quickly change the size 6 Repeat this process for each partition you have created 7 Click the Apply button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to ...

Page 22: ...partitions will be displayed in the left hand panel of Disk Utility 10 Quit the Disk Utility program After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for the G Technology drive has been erased You can optionally restore this icon to each partition with the steps on this page 11 The multiple partitions of the G Technology drive will be displayed on the desktop Your drive is now setup with two or more...

Page 23: ...Using Your Drive on Windows Windows Use p 24 Cross Platform Use p 25 ...

Page 24: ...set up at the factory for use with Mac OS 10 7 systems A simple initialization will prepare your drive for use with Windows 8 7 and Vista via reformat For helpful information on configuring and using your drive with Windows please visit g technology com support ...

Page 25: ...tility program This application is located on your hard drive under Applications Utilities Disk Utility The window below will appear Your G DRIVE ev will be displayed in the left hand column 2 Select the G DRIVE ev by clicking its drive icon in the left side column Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window 3 Select the Erase tab to view the formatting options By def...

Page 26: ... This will format the drive to FAT32 NOTE You may need to rename the drive because FAT32 does not support more than 11 characters in the drive name 5 Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G DRIVE ev partition ...

Page 27: ...izing the custom icon for the G DRIVE ev will be erased No icons are available for FAT32 With the FAT32 format you will be able to read write on Windows 8 7 and Vista with reformat as well as Mac OS 10 7 machines Limitations with FAT32 There are some limitations when using FAT32 The MS DOS File System cannot write files over 4 GB If you are working with files over 4 GB you may want to choose a sof...

Page 28: ...Support Warranty Support Warranty Technical Support p 29 Limited Warranty p 30 Copyright p 32 ...

Page 29: ...port If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using any of the G DRIVE ev series please contact G Technology Technical Support at www g technology com support Helpful information for support When contacting Technical Support it s best to be in front of your computer and have the following information available Your G DRIVE ev serial number on the bottom side of your unit Operating Sys...

Page 30: ...asured from the date of sale from HGST to the authorized distributor What does this limited warranty not cover The limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from commercial use misuse accident modification or alteration to hardware or software tampering unsuitable physical or operating environment beyond product specifications improper maintenance or failure caused by a product for which HG...

Page 31: ...o carrier at HGST shipping point You are responsible for importation of the replaced product if applicable HGST will not return the original drive to consumers therefore the consumer is responsible for moving data to another media before returning Data Recovery is not covered under this warranty and is not part of the warranty returns process HGST warrants that the replaced products are covered fo...

Page 32: ...en referring to hard drive capacity Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operating environment and formatting Copyright Design by G Technology in California G DRIVE and G Technology are registered trademarks of HGST Inc and its affiliates in the U S and other countries Apple Mac FireWire MacBook Pro Time Machine Disk Utility and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Inc Microsoft Windows ...

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